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Octr. 1769.  Off Cape Runnaway

this  we had now our work to begin over again & heartily joind in wishing that it might be attended with less bloodshed than our late unfortunate Rencounters   
after a little time one of the canoes came almost close to the ship & soon after we saw an immense large canoe coming from the shore crowded full of People  all armd with long lances  they came near & receivd signals from the boat that was near us  we Judgd there could not be less than 60 people in her  16 padlers of a side  besides some who did not paddle & a long row of people in the middle from stem to stern crowded as close as possible  on a signal from the small canoe the pulld briskily up towards the ship as if to attack  it was judgd right to let them see what we could do  least should they come to extremities we might be obligd to fire at them in which case numbers must be killd out of such a croud   a gun loaded with grape was therefore fird ahead of them  they stopd padling but did not retreat  a round shot was then fird over them  they saw it fall & immediately took to their paddles rowing ashore with more haste than perhaps  I ever saw men  without so much as stopping to breathe till they got out of sight  the countrey from whence they came & indeed all round about

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